 Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting...  Littell's Living Age - Page 2881854Full view - About this book
 | 1854 - 456 pages
...us what we are : — even I Regained my freedom with a sigh. SONNET. — J. Blanco White. MYSTERIOUS night ! when our first parent knew Thee, from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tromble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent... | |
 | 1854 - 576 pages
...: * " Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee by report divino, and heard thy name, Pid he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue 1 Vet 'ncath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting n,*mc, Hesperus... | |
 | 1855 - 458 pages
...us what we are : — even I Regainec my freedom with a sigh. SONNET. — J. Blanco mite. MYSTERIOUS night ! when our first parent knew Thee, from report...Hesperus with the host of heaven came, And, lo ! creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O sun ?... | |
 | John Sullivan Dwight - 1855 - 428 pages
...author did not know the language until after he was thirty jean of age.] Mysterious night! when onr first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard...canopy of light and blue? Yet 'neath a curtain of transluncent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of Heaven came,... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 510 pages
...that mak'st a day of night, Goddess excellently bright ! BEN JONSON 1574-16S7 TO NIGHT. Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee from report...This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath the curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 pages
...educated in Spain, but wrote English very imperfectly until he was turned of thirty. TO NIGHT. Mysterious Night! when our first parent knew Thee from report...lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue 1 Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame Hesperus with... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...us what we are : — even I Kegained my freedom with a sigh. SONNET. — J. Blanco White. MYSTERIOUS night ! when our first parent knew Thee, from report...lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue r Yet fneath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed In the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 478 pages
...name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath the curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of...Hesperus with the host of Heaven came, And lo ! creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun !... | |
 | Charles Manson Taggart - 1856 - 518 pages
...pronounced " the most grandly conceived in the English language." The words are these : — " Mysterious Night! when our first parent knew Thee, from report...Hesperus with the host of heaven came, And lo ! creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun !... | |
 | Horace Binney Wallace - 1856 - 478 pages
...sensuous richness of true poetry. It is a sublime composition. SONNET ON NIGHT AND DEATH. Mysterious Night ! when our first parent knew Thee, from, report...Hesperus with the host of Heaven came, And lo ! creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, Oh sun... | |
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